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redzhope's Blog
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One week Post Op
on September 2, 2009 11:33 am

Last week, on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at around 11:00 am I was wheeled into the OR at South Nassau Communites Hospital in Nassau County, NY and had my lap band put in!!!!

YAY ME!!!

Oh yeah- and then I woke up.

When I say that is was painful-um I'm not kidding! It hurt like when I had my c-sections. I couldn't bend, couldn't lie down, couldn't make any fast moves. The nurses were pretty nice and got me up to walk every 2 hours.

I went home on Friday and being and Orthodox Jew had the Sabbath to rest THANK YOU G--D!!! My parents came over and my mom did ALL the cooking. Friday night I slept in a chair and by Sunday I started feeling more normal. Today is Wednesday, and I went to my doc for a follow up. WHAT A JOKE!!! It was me and about 15 other people in his office. He didn't show up until 11:30!!!! OH- did I mention I got there at 9 friggin thirty!!! 

I told the receptionist at one point that I would maybe re-schedule if he didn't show. I mean what is he going to say?

Doc- How are you feeling?

Me- In pain

Doc- I see, but are you getting a little better every day?

Me-I guess so

Doc- Ok follow the rules

Me- ok

And guess what?????? My psychic abilities were true to form. I could copy and paste the above but if I tell you- that is EXACTLY how it went down!!!

I'm so thankful to this OH community because everything I know is because of the people here. I was the most lap-band educated person in that room and it was ONLY because of this forum.

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August 18th- Day 6 of liquid pre-op diet
on August 18, 2009 12:30 pm
Well, I know that no one said it was going to be easy but this is crazy!! I am HUNGRY!!!!!! I just keep trying to think about other things, but let's face it- I have never been good at avoiding eating, thinking, smelling and dreaming about FOOD!

It's interesting because I have never been on something regimented before like this. I am drinking 4 shakes and 1 OPTIFAST bar per day. To supplement I have some sf jello and maybe broth.

I really do want to be successful, I just hope that I will have the resolve. As the days approach closer to my surgery I find myself wondering if my motivation will see me through. I really pray that it does. I'm not really doubting if this is the right move for me-I'm just wondering if finally, after all these years I will do right by ME and start living again.

I hope so.

Someones tag line here is "let G-d and let Go"

I'm going to do just that.

After I make a cup of tea......
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My Story

My story is probably similar to most people's. I was always a pretty chunky person and got away with putting on pounds because I had a smaller face. I chose the- "make people laugh" route most of my life and without consciously.realizing it surrounded myself with beautiful thin friends.

I always dated and found men that were attracted to me but felt like my weight inhibited any long term relationships. After a rough break-up I lost about 50 pounds and still to this day am unsure how that happened. In that "skinny" moment in time I met my now husband of 9 years. Since then I have progressed to my highest current weight of 248 pounds.

I have tried weight watchers, phen phen, the cabbage soup diet, the pineapple diet and too many to list. I felt like I was doomed to a life of fatness and often contemplated why I made the shitty choices that only made me resent myself further. But I suppose I fell into a lull of being the fat funny girl with the pretty face....

But then I had my daughter. Then a miscarriage. Then my son. Then a miscarriage. And then yet one more miscarriage.

There was no medical reason the doctors could attribute to the miscarriages but I felt like maybe my weight had been the culprit. All of a sudden I began to look at mirrors and see what I had done to myself. I was devastated and knew I had to change my life FOR GOOD but I wasn't sure how.

I met a girl at work who had the lap band and lost 120 pounds and a light went off in my head. This was my chance. This was it. I had to take  a leap of faith for my health and for the the knowledge that I did EVERYTHING to have another child.

So here I am....I have finished my tests and am waiting for approval from my insurance company. If I get it, I am scheduled to have the Lap Band on August 27, 2009 with Dr. Vohra in Long Island, NY.

I don't know that I believe in my heart that I can do it....but I do believe that I need to commit to change and I hope that my resolve together with the aide of the band will help me achieve my goal of a healthier life both physically, spiritually and emotionally.